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bomb out

verb

  1. adverb; tr, usually passive to make homeless by bombing

    24 families in this street have been bombed out

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“It’s bombing out hundreds of miles west of the shoreline.”

A short distance from the bombed out station in Shindisi lie the graves of 17 Georgian soldiers who died defending the town.

From BBC

Driving through the streets, pockets of destruction are visible, but the city hasn’t yet been bombed out like others that have been fiercely fought over.

From BBC

Just 107 people are said to remain in the bombed out town with children already evacuated and humanitarian aid “almost impossible” to deliver – according to Filashkin.

From BBC

The rest of the family found shelter in a bombed out building.

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